Civil Rights - Title VII - Employee Seniority - Layoffs

Authors

Phoebe Haddon Northcross

Abstract

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has held that a collective bargaining contract provision for layoffs by reverse order employment seniority is consistent with a coexisting conciliation agreement for increased minority hiring which is silent respecting overall seniority and with public policy enunciated by Title VII, since a facially neutral plant-wide seniority system is bona fide within the meaning of Title VII, section 703(h), notwithstanding perpetuation of past discrimination.

Jersey Central Power & Light Co. v. Local 327, IBEW, 508 F.2d 687 (3d Cir. 1975), petition for cert. filed, 44 U.S.L.W. 3111 (U.S. Aug. 1, 1975) (No. 182).

First Page

475

Recommended Citation

Phoebe H. Northcross, Civil Rights - Title VII - Employee Seniority - Layoffs, 14 Duq. L. Rev. 475 (1976).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol14/iss3/6